Emery County Progress | 1906-02-03 | Page 3 | Collected Fare for the Boy

COLLECTED FARE FOR THE BOY conductors simple question brought desired results the following is told about a well known official ot the boston north ern street railway who in his early days of railroading was a conductor on the old lynn boston road there was a certain woman who persisted much to the annoyance of the conductors in contending that her boy was not old enough to pay a tare and the usual discussion al ways had to be gone through when ever the boy rode on the cars one day she got on this tor s car when he came to collect the fares be was handed a nickel by the woman who expecting the cus tomar performance was holding her head high in the air the conductor looked at the boy and inquired it he was five years old he is not old enough to pay a tare snapped the woman attempting to evade the direct question the conductor looked at the worn an and then at the boy and turning to the woman asked in a perfectly respectful tone but loud enough to be heard all over the car well ma dam is he married 7 she paid his fare